Chippu Kumar Rai @ Dharmendra Kumar Rai And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.22483 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -54 Year- 2018 Thana -KARAHGAR District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Chippu Kumar Rai @ Dharmendra Kumar Rai, S/o Late Bhagwan Das Rai,

2. Sharvan Kumar Singh, S/o Late Ganga Singh, Both R/o Vill.- Baraki Akorhi, P.S.- Kargahar (Barhari O.P.), District- Rohtas (Sasaram). .... .... Petitioners

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Chhote Lal Mishra, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh 1, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 30(a), 38(i),(ii) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that total 360 ML wine is said to have been recovered.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. It is alleged that total 360 ML wine is recovered from co-accused Kapilmuni Rai and Bijendra Rai.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22483 of 2018 (2) dt.18-04-2018 2/2 The name of the petitioners has come on the basis of disclosure made by co-accused, namely, Kapilmuni Rai and Bijendra Rai. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioners in this case. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners had no knowledge regarding the alleged incident. There is no compliance of Section 100 Cr. P.C. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ Complaint Case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge-II, Excise, Rohtas (Sasaram), in connection with Kargahar (Barhari O.P.) P.S. Case No. 54 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K.